Gareth joined the University of Exeter in 2020 as a Research Fellow in the Centre for Water Systems. Prior to that he had a 25-year career in the Creative Technology sector where he worked as a game developer, management consultant, entrepreneur and academic.

Gareth has a BA in Art History from the Open University, a BSc in computer science from the University of Brighton, an MSc in Data Science from the University of Plymouth, an MBA from the Open University and a PGCert in Higher Education from Falmouth University.